About this role
Job summary
We are looking for a compassionate and reliable Health Care Assistant to join our Chemotherapy DayUnit team, on a fixed term contract covering maternity leave. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your clinical skills in a specialist oncology setting, working closely with a supportivemultidisciplinary team. You will play a key role in supporting patients through their treatment, taking observations, and assisting with phlebotomy, all while delivering the highest standard of personcentred care. If you have excellent communication skills, a caring nature, and want to build your experience in cancer care nursing, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
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o Communicate clearly, effectively, and appropriately with the multidisciplinary team, patients, and their family/visitors/carers.
o Respond appropriately to queries, take phone messages, and pass on written and verbal information to patients.
o Provide basic information to patients, family/visitors/carers, and colleagues.
Be proficient at phlebotomy, this is an essential skill for this role o Aware of the importance of accurate documentation and contribute to reports of patients' activity and progress.
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About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please read the job description and person specification in full to ensure you have all the skills required for the post.
The post holder will work as part of the chemotherapy unit, under the supervision of registered nurses, and will support them by participating in the delivery of patient care. The post holder will be expected to be self-motivated and use their initiative when necessary. Carrying out phlebotomy and completion of routine vital signs (temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, blood glucose monitoring) once trained andassessed as competent and alerting registered staff promptly to any changes in a patient'scondition. Communicating clearly, effectively and sensitively with patients, families/carers and the wider multidisciplinary team, including providing reassurance and support to patients who may beanxious or distressed. Assisting qualified nurses with essential patient care and administrative tasks associated with patient care, in line with the Trust's policies and procedures. Maintaining accurate documentation and using electronic patient records appropriately following training. Working within infection control, safeguarding and confidentiality standards at all times. Maintaining a safe and clean environment for both patients and staff. Collecting chemotherapy and other medications from pharmacy. Delivering samples to the laboratory.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications Essential
Maths and English level 1 Completion of Care Certificate including completed practical booklet
Skills and Abilities Essential
Demonstrates compassion for patients Ability to undertake phlebotomy on patients Demonstrates ability to record electrocardiogram Ability to alert trained staff of change in patients condition Demonstrates understanding of importance of maintaining privacy and dignity
Knowledge and Experience Essential
Experience of working in a team Demonstrable experience of working in a hospital setting Demonstrates understanding of own role within the team
Communication skills Essential
Able to communicate accurately and effectively with patients, colleagues verbally and in writing Application form completed in full
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
Address Whittington Hospital
Magdala Avenue
London
N19 5NF
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)